An anthropologist’s new book lays out the formula for human innovation, from stone tools to supercomputers. Depending on ...

Stone tools found in Israel are at least 1.9 million years old, showing humans left Africa earlier than scientists once believed.

According to a statement released by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a new study conducted by Ari Matmon of the Hebrew ...

Team redates prehistoric ‘Ubeidiya in Jordan Valley to same age as oldest Georgian site, suggesting at least two distinct ...

Researchers used three different methods to date the site, challenging the preexisting notion of the site being between 1. 2 and 1.

Learn about the archaeological site of 'Ubeidiya, now confirmed as one of the oldest areas that humans occupied outside of Africa.

When a stone sits on the Earth’s surface, cosmic rays quietly pepper it, leaving behind rare isotopes like tiny time stamps.

A new study provides a clearer timeline for one of the most significant prehistoric sites worldwide for the study of human ...

The wider Casablanca region documents early Acheulean stone tools and later developments, along with animal fossils that reflect changing environments. Thomas Quarry I itself is known for very old ...

Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest ...

Two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools to be uncovered so far and date back 430,000 years. One is a spindly stick about 2 1/2 feet (80 centimeters) long that could ...